State closes case in Ibanda Forest Reserve case

Senior state attorneys Gertrude Apio and Safina Bireke from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) closed their case after 10 witnesses testified in a case involving former Ibanda CAO Abert Matsiko Mutungwire and natural officer Tom Nuwagira.

The prosecution has closed its case in the trial of the former chief administrative officer (CAO) and natural resource officer of Ibanda district, who are accused of illegally exchanging forest reserve land with private land.